Ex-'Home and Away' star Jodi Gordon's former bikie friend stabbed

Jodi Gordon's former friend Mark Judge is in a coma after being stabbed nine times.

Ex-Home and Away actress Gordon was linked to the 31-year-old former Rebels associate in 2009 when police were informed of gunmen about to storm a Sydney flat. However, officers only found the duo cowering in a bedroom after a rumoured drug-fuelled episode.

According to The Daily Telegraph, Judge was stabbed in the chest, neck and thigh by a mystery attacker in the garage of his Bellevue Hill apartment late last week. A spokesperson for St Vincent's Hospital has described his condition as "extremely critical" after he underwent emergency surgery to stem the bleeding and repair damage to his kidneys, lung and bowel.

Although Gordon's friends have insisted that she has had no contact with Judge since the 2009 incident, she was spotted yesterday in Darlinghurst near the hospital where he is receiving treatment.

A police source has said that Judge's history of violent assault and drug offences, together with links to a bikie gang, could produce a long list of potential suspects. One senior officer said: "With his reputation and history, it could be anybody."

Since Judge was convicted of drug possession in 2002, assault in 2005 and hindering a police officer in 2008, he has been forced to take regular drug tests, but all have come back negative.

Gordon was in a relationship with Seven Network heir Ryan Stokes at the time of the incident involving Judge, but they later split over the scandal. She is now engaged to Roosters captain Braith Anasta.